Bible Thought for Today May 1 1923
On Tuesday May 1 1923 a Bible Thought for Today offered a brief devotional line. The item reflects daily religious reflection typical of early 20th century newspapers.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1923
Page
4
American Newspaper Publishers Association Meeting Highlights
The ANPA gathering in New York featured talks by Lord Robert Cecil Senator Pepper and Will Rogers. Cecil praised the League of Nations while Pepper urged focus on taxation transportation and foreign relations to sustain peace. Plans noted for Central Europe and Poland drew mixed reaction as Rogers teased New York show life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Newspaper Publishers Association
aMno
I S
Robert Cecil
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
James W. Gerard
Will Rogers
Lord Robert Cecil
League of Nations
League
United States
Senator Pepper
Pepper
International Court
Péachot
Reet and
New York
Pa Ma
New York City
Washington
New York Globe
Idle rich chase headlines in restless town
ABE MARTIN quips that the only exercise for the idle rich is chasing each other off the front page. Miss Fern Moots began dancing the day before yesterday and keeps at it today, reportedly rubbing an ear raw and exhausting dance partners and nine guitar players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Moots
Contented Grocer Griggs and the Whispering Store
A lively verse portrait of Grocer Griggs who sings while wrapping figs and prunes. The poem contrasts tired workers dreaming of different lives with Griggs’s cheerful labor feeding many people, ending with the crowd slipping away from the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggs
Fragmented humorous scraps from a 1920s era digest
Curated clippings blend jokes about bottles and cans curbside tips, fashion satire, and light quips from various papers. Snippets poke fun at vanity, street life, and everyday oddities with rural and city contrasts, wrapping up with a rural joke about milk color.
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Extolled For Over Four Decades
An advertisement touts Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as effective for catarrh for over 40 years. It describes Halu’s Catarrh Medicine as an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that acts on mucous surfaces via blood, reducing inflammation. Sold by all druggists including J. Cheney & Co in Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HALLS
Halu
J. Cheney
Toledo
Oblo
Humorous Exchange on Knowledge From Mam Pap and Class
In a playful anecdote an exercise prompts students to ask Mam and Pap about a resident of the United States with each response admitting ignorance. The scene ends with a light jab about a bride and a trio of named attendants including Claude Lemmon Charley Davis Bruce Cowden Glenn Mace and Doctor Clow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mam
Pap
United States
P. Coane
Bruce Cowden
Glenn Mace
Doctor Clow
Quips and Short Tales From a Humorous Page
Readings from a humor column featuring pithy exchanges about certainty aging labor and marriage. The sketches include a cautionary uncle and a fat woman’s cone joke plus a teacher’s Arkansas classroom anecdote about presidential knowledge.
Echoes of Joy and Care in a Poetic Verse
A fragment of verse suggests that laughter brings shared mirth while sorrow孤 remains solitary. The lines contrast joyful sound with the burden of care and note how singing can summon hills and echoes, yet sighing isolates one from others.
Old Sports Riff on Flappers and Batters
A quip about changing social mores contrasts a coy old time maiden with a modern flapper who challenges a batter. The riddle ends noting proper baseball terms: a batter is called a batter unless he strikes out.
Train Schedule Fragments for Local Passenger and Freight
The notice lists westbound arrivals and departures with numbers 429 449 835 and 834 4560. It states Nos 835 834 local freight and daily service for Nos 429 430 4560 except Sundays. Agent H W Russel signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Russel
J. C. McKay
Path Through Pain and Pleasure in Life’s Final Tale
The poem asserts that pleasure brings company while woe repels friends, and only solitary suffering accompanies death. It notes choices of feasting, fasting, and giving, yet concludes no one can aid in dying. Ella Wheeler Wilcox reflects on fame, wealth, and the solitary path to death amidst life’s crowded halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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